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Mumbai - A sharp fall in inflation rate has prompted Corporate India to urge the central bank to ease credit flow that would encourage consumer demand and support corporate investments.
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According to government data released Thursday, the wholesale price index (WPI), India's most widely watched inflation measure, sank to 0.44 percent for the week ended 7 March, 2009, as compared to 2.43 percent for the previous week and 7.78 percent during the corresponding week of the previous year.
The inflation rate had touched a 13-year high of 12.91 percent last August due to global slump and slowdown in domestic demand.
A close look at the latest data reveals that decrease in prices of some primary articles and fuel, power, light and lubricants resulted in the sharp fall in inflation rate.
According to a government statement released by the Finance Ministry, this is the steepest drop since November 2008.
"In the last 30 years, there is no record of inflation falling this low since 1977-78," the statement said.
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